Stubby

its not as old as me !

Steve , I was in our local dealers the other day and a bloke brought a strimmer in with him . He said it revs up but the blade won't go round . I could not help my self and butted in asking if he had ever greased the bevel gears . He said whats that ? .........

Another way to fix it is to get a Husqvarna 525BX blower . More powerful and lighter than the Stihl ?

Risk Assessment/Method Statement possibly ? Or maybe boy sheep

Red Line Racing 2T oil . I recon its the best . ( I mix it with Aspen4 at a ratio of 50:1 )

That's one hell of a "veere " looking at his car and your rig ! hope you get sorted quick .

This .

Depends on how damaged it is . Usually the bore can be salvaged by removing the aluminum transfer and a new piston and ring .

If it were a Husqvarna 390 then it would piss it !

The MK2 t540 has the " fragile " bits beefed up and a different flywheel ( ignition timing I think ) I have a MK1 with all the bits of a MK2 fitted except for the flywheel .

The Husky gauge is .058 . I just wondered .056 was some old Stihl guage .

Bummer mate . Really sorry for you .

Are people getting confused between a bar that is .056 gauge slot and a Stihl 056 chainsaw ? (I know it usually .058 or .063 )

A separate " short plank " inserted into both components .

Luckily no .

Give them the number of your saw when ordering , alternatively count the number of crank case bolts first .

Is that not an old girlfriend ?

Top banana !

Thanks, after a little reading they seem to not be rated so well for spikes. 95% of my work is spike climbing - would you still reccomend? Pfanner Zermatts for spikes . No good for a tea room dance though ...

Yes . It pulls a vacuum . Lay the saw on its side with the oil cap just cracked open and if it keeps oiling then that is the problem .

When the Forst first came on the market I was told by someone ( dunno who , maybe Red Wood ) that Forst took all the good bits from the Jensen and eliminated all the bad bits . It seems to me , from some posts on here , that they retained all the bad bits and added some of their own . Since the ST 6 and ST 8 came out our old Jensen A 540 is still going strong with no problems . If you want a bigger one go Bandit . To quote the chocolate bar advert ...Get yourself and Bandit if you know whats good for you senior ?

If he is anything like one I had about 5 dogs back the thread will go on for about 15 years . She was a tri color and worked in the beating line when we were in thick cover . ( no good in cover strips or open ground as she got on too much ) . she suddenly stopped on the last drive of the day and was all hunched up . Took her to the vets and they said she has hurt her back . Give her these tablets and rest her . I thought maybe its time to retire as she was 15 . Any way started on the tablets and after a couple of days she seemed ok . When the tablets ran out she got all hunched up again . Took her back to the vets and another vet looked at her and said he thought she had major organ failure . He said leave her with us and we will treat her . The last thing that little dog saw was me putting her in a cadge at the vets and walking away . They phoned me the next day to say she had died . I never used them again . I know she was probably going to die anyway but I wanted to be with her . The first miss diagnosis meant that , as far as she was concerned I had abandoned her . That dog gave me everything and more . I was in bits , guilty and angry at at the same time .

That's a tidy work shop ! ?

I thought he swept the flu and it all works now ?

What do you think the pigs chat up line was ?